Fellowship news

Throughout the year we will share the latest news in HIV, viral hepatitis, oncology/haematology, respiratory and invasive fungal disease, which will include updates from projects supported by the Gilead UK & Ireland Fellowship Programme and any key successes (eg posters, publications) arising from projects supported in previous years.

February 03 2015

Launch of Immuno-Oncology Policy Action Framework

Recent findings with therapies that use the body’s immune system to fight cancer (immuno-oncology therapies) have fuelled hope for the first time that long-term, quality survival may now be possible for patients with many forms of advanced cancer.

ON 19 November 2014, the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) launched the document ‘Immuno-Oncology: a Policy Action framework’, and a guide for patients on what immuno-oncology is, within the European Parliament.